Transmission of 35-Gb/s all-optical OFDM signal over an all-EDFA 1980-km recirculating loop consisting of SSMF and DCF without using tunable dispersion compensation

18 September 2011

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We demonstrate long-haul transmission of 35-Gb/s (7 × 5 Gb/s NRZ-OOK) all-optical OFDM signal. We achieve bit error ratio of 3.3×10-3 for transmission over 1980-km span consisting of SSMF and DCF without using tunable dispersion compensation.